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Residents of the Grant’s Pen community in St. Andrew, mounted roadblocks in the community earlier today in protest of the fatal shooting of a man (18-year-old Anthony Litchmore) by the police in the community.

Litchmore was reportedly shot and killed on Frederick Avenue. According to police reports, a police team saw Litchmore and another man walking along a gully towards Markland Drive in the Kingston 8 area. The police reportedly stopped their vehicle, and the men allegedly pointed guns at them. The man who was walking with Litchmore is alleged to have fired two shots at the police team, and then he reportedly ran towards the direction from which he came along the gully. The police returned fire and Litchmore was hit. He was taken to the University Hospital of the West Indies where he died while undergoing treatment.

Residents of the area have however refuted the police’s version of the killing. They allege that Litchmore was walking along the gully peeling an orange, when he was accosted by the police officers travelling in a motor car. The police reportedly told him to put his hands in the air, and it is said that after Litchmore did as he was requested, a policeman shot him three times in the stomach.

The Independent Commission of Investigations (INDECOM) has launched a probe into the incident, and is urging anyone with information that can help with its investigation to call its office.

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